US congressmen have drafted an alternative bill on assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in the amount of more than $ 66 billion, which also provides for tougher border security, Punchbowl reported on February 16, which published a screenshot of the document.
The bill will provide a total of $66.32 billion for defense for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It is valid for only one year.
Thus, $47.69 billion will be allocated to support the defense of Ukraine, $10.4 billion to Israel, $5.4 billion will be spent on assistance to Taiwan, and $2.4 billion to support American operations in the Middle East.
According to the publication, 10 members of the House of Representatives of the Congress are in favor of the bill: five each from the Republican and Democratic parties.
On February 13, the U.S. Senate approved $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. At the same time, The Guardian noted that the project has little chance of passing approval in the House of Representatives, as the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Mike Johnson, criticized it for the lack of provisions on stopping the record flow of migrants at the border with Mexico, put forward by Republicans.
US President Joe Biden said he was confident of a positive result of the vote in the full House of Representatives of the American Congress regarding this bill. He urged Johnson to allow the House of Representatives to express its opinion.
The head of the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, pointed out that the US budget support for Ukraine is more important to the Kiev regime than ever before. In her opinion, the allocation of additional funds to Kiev will be an "assurance" for all other donors that Washington will continue to support along with other Western countries.
At the same time, on February 15, the US House of Representatives, without voting on the bill on assistance to three countries, went on a break. She will return to work on February 28.
Western countries have increased military and financial support for Ukraine with the start of the Russian special operation to protect Donbass, which Russia announced on February 24, 2022. The decision to hold it was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to the aggression of Ukrainian troops. However, recently, statements about the need to reduce aid to Kiev have been increasingly heard in the West.
